INDEX TO STATUTES CITED.

(1305) 33 Edw. I.

(1349) 23 Edw. III. st. 1 (Statute of Labourers)
(1350) 25 Edw. III. st. 2 (Statute of Labourers)
(1388) 12 Rich. II. cc. 3-9 (Labourers)
(1389) 13 Rich. II. c. 8 (Labourers)

(1512) 4 Hen. VIII. c. 5 (Wages of Labourers)
(1514) 6 Hen. VIII. c. 3.

(1548) 2 & 3 Edw. VI. c. 3 (Purveyors)

(1562) 5 Eliz. c. 4 (Statute of Apprentices)

(1662) 14 Chas. II. c. 15 (Silk Throwers)

(1720) 7 Geo. I. c. 13

(1746) 20 Geo. II. c. 43 [Heritable Jurisdictions (Scot-

land) Act]

(1756) 30 Geo. II. c. 12

(1777) 18 Geo. III. c. 55

(1799) 39 Geo. III. c. 19 (Unlawful Clubs)

(1799) 39 Geo. III. c. 81 (Unlawful Combinations of
Workmen Act)

(1800) 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 106 (Unlawful Combinations

of Workmen Act)

(1801) 41 Geo. III. c. 38

(1813) 53 Geo. III. c. 40 (Wages of Artificers Act)
(1814) 54 Geo. III. c. 96 (Apprentices' Act).
(1817) 57 Geo. III. c. 19 (Unlawful Clubs)

(1824) 5 Geo. IV. c. 95 (Combination of Workmen Act)
(1825) 6 Geo. IV. c. 129 (Combination of Workmen Act)
(1837) 1 Vict. c. 41 [Small Debts (Scotland) Act].

3

6

6

188

4

5

10

6

6

4

5

5

10

7

7, 8
180

(1855) 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63 (Friendly Societies Act)
(1859) 22 Vict. c. 34 (Molestation of Workmen Act)
(1861) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 94 (Accessories and Abettors
Act)

(1861) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97 (Malicious Damage Act)
(1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 116 (Larceny Act)
(1869) 32 & 33 Vict. c. 61 (Trade Union Funds Pro-
tection Act)

(1871) 34 & 35 Vict. c. 31 (The Trade Union Act)

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12

68

67, 68

13, 50

13
9,

11, 13, 22, 24, 28-34, 36, 38-40, 42—
44, 46-48, 50, 75, 81, 82, 100, 118, 123,
124, 129, 168, 175, 179, 181-188, 191-203

9

49 (a)

(1871) 34 & 35 Vict. c. 32 (Trade Union Act)
(1875) 38 & 39 Vict. c. 24 (The Falsification of Accounts
Act)
(1875) 38 & 39 Vict. c. 60 (Friendly Societies Act)
(1875) 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86 (Conspiracy and Protection
of Property Act)
9, 10, 61-63, 67, 68, 75,
181-189, 203-215

(1876) 39 & 40 Vict. c. 22 [Trade Union Act (Amend-
ment) Act]

91

2, 21, 25, 30, 33, 36, 38, 40,
43, 44, 46, 48, 52, 55, 215-220
(1879) 42 & 43 Vict. c. 49 (Summary Jurisdiction)

68,

181-189

(1883) 46 & 47 Vict. c. 47 (Provident Nominations and

Small Intestacies Act)

52, 53

(1884) 47 & 48 Vict. c. 43 (Summary Jurisdiction). 181–189
(1893) 56 & 57 Vict. c. 2 (Trade Union Provident Funds

Act)

(1894) 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 (Merchant Shipping Act)
(1896) 59 & 60 Vict. c. 25 (Friendly Societies Act).

(1906) 6 Edw. VII. c. 38 (Statutory Revision)
(1906) 6 Edw. VII. c. 47 (Trade Disputes Act)

51, 221

65

60, 61, 68, 73, 75, 222, 223
(1908) 8 Edw. VII. c. 49 (Companies Consolidation Act)
(1909) 9 Edw. VII. c. 49 (Assurance Companies Act)
(1910) 10 Edw. VII. c. 8 [Finance (1909-10) Act]
(1911) 1 & 2 Geo. V. c. 55 (National Insurance.
Act)

29, 256, 257

TRADE UNION ACT, 1913.

Trade Unions and their Powers re-defined (a).

Union re

THE definition of a trade union has been amplified Trade and its powers considerably extended by the Trade defined. Union Act, 1913. A trade union is defined, for the purposes of the Trade Union Acts, as any combination, whether temporary or permanent, the principal objects of which are:

(a) The regulation of the relations between work-
men and masters; or

(b) Between workmen and workmen; or
(c) Between masters and masters; or
(d) The imposing of restrictive conditions on the
conduct of any trade or business; or

(e) The provision of benefits to members;
all of which are described in the Act as "statutory
objects" (b).

A combination, so long as it is registered under the Trade Union Acts, is deemed to be a trade union whether it has such "statutory" objects under its

(a) Vide Chapter II.

(b) The Trade Union Act, 1913, Ss. 2 (1); 1 (2), infra, p. xl. et seq. The statutory addition of object (e) was held by Lord Atkinson in Osborne's (No. 1) Case, [1910] A. C. at p. 102, to be

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covered by definition (b), infra,
pp. 27 and 28; object (d) was
added by the Act of 1876; the
remaining objects were in the
original definition of the 1871
Act.

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